Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/angʷīnā

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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/angʷīnā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃n̥gʰu-, from *h₃negʰ-.

Noun

*angʷīnā f

1. nail (thin, horny plate on fingers and toes)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*angʷīnā	*angʷīnai	*angʷīnās
vocative	*angʷīnā	*angʷīnai	*angʷīnās
accusative	*angʷīnam	*angʷīnai	*angʷīnās
genitive	*angʷīnās	*angʷīnous	*angʷīnom
dative	*angʷīnai	*angʷīnābom	*angʷīnābos
instrumental	*?	*angʷīnābim	*angʷīnābis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *ėɣwin
  • Old Breton: eguin
    • Middle Breton: euin
      • Breton: ivin, ewin, iwin
  • Old Cornish: euuin
    • Cornish: ewyn
  • Old Welsh: eguin
    • Middle Welsh: ewin
      • Welsh: ewin
• Old Irish: inga, ingen
  • Irish: ionga
  • Manx: ingin
  • Scottish Gaelic: ionga

References